Frank Gehry, Architect of Disney Hall, Guggenheim Bilbao, Dies at 96

Honoree Frank Gehry speaks during the MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Los Angeles on May 31, 2025. (Presley Ann/Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA))

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Frank O. Gehry, architect and designer whose steel-covered Walt Disney Concert Hall transformed the landscape of downtown Los Angeles, died at his Santa Monica home on Dec. 5 at age 96.

His death followed a brief respiratory illness, Gehry Partners chief of staff Meaghan Lloyd said.